DAILY HEROES is for the community workers who toil in their efforts of helping communities fight hunger, devoid poverty and attain the progress everyone deserve.
DAILY HEROES will feature youth leaders, despite their age, use their consience, skills and common sense in fighting the apathy and promote their ideals.
DAILY HEROES are those who work behind great productions. People see the stage and appreciate the actors but not the people who make this thing pleasurable to them. This time, they take the center stage to take their bow.
DAILY HEROES will feature ordinary lives who coped up obstacles to uplift the lives of the people that surrounds them.
DAILY HEROES will feature ordinary people making differences in their communities.
Bearing all these definitions in mind are you ready to start a quest in which you will explore your personal interests, intelligence types, and strengths with a variety of different assessments and activities?
SECTION 2: TASK
This assignment involves various steps. Each step is equally important. All steps should be done in order.
1. Determine your strengths and weaknesses by taking a personality inventory 2. Use the personality inventory to see which career fields best suit you 3. Research one career field that is of greatest interest to you 4. Use Dropbox to gather your materials. 5. Express yourself by writing an argumentative essay 6. Share and present your results to class. Use a webtool from the list given.
SECTION 3: PROCESS
Take a career interest survey to help you learn about yourself. Answer all questions honestly! Work through each of the activities given below.
This is a quiz that will help you to assess the way that you like to work. Knowing this information will help you decide what type of career you would like to do in the future. The results of your Work Preference Quiz shows your relative interest in different ways of working.
RESULTS:
After clicking "GET RESULTS" a chart appears, giving you a visual representation of your work preferences. Do a "print screen" to capture the chart. Save it as an image (.jpeg format) and add it to your dropbox folder.
Under the chart will be a description of the areas of where you scored the highest. Copy and paste these descriptions to a word document and past the image too. Save the doc with the following name: (yourname)_work_preference_quiz.
1. After clicking "FINISH" a chart appears, giving you a visual representation of your strongest "smart" areas. Do a "print screen" to capture the chart. Save it as an image (.jpeg format) and add it to your dropbox folder.
2. Look at the top of the page and click on "What are multiple intelligences". Copy and paste the descriptions of the 3 intelligence areas where you scored the highest (ie kinesthetic, linguistic, etc). #1 should be your highest score etc. This list should include the name of the category and the description.
Copy and paste these descriptions to a word document and past the image too.
Save the doc using the following name: (yourname)_multiple_intelligence_quiz.
INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Begin by clicking on "Get Started". 2. Select your preference by clicking on the dot that best describes you. If you are unsure about a statement, click on the question mark next to the statement for help.
RESULTS:
Download the following document and answer the questions given.
Save the doc to your dropbox folder using the following name: (yourname)_skills_inventory.
DOCUMENT D: Career Clusters Interest Survey
INSTRUCTIONS: 1. For this assessment you will select options that sound like you by clicking in the boxes. You will progress through 16 total boxes.
RESULTS: Copy and paste the top 5 career clusters to a word doc or do a print screen to capture your chart. Save the doc/image using the following name: (yourname)_career_cluster_quiz
2. Now, choose one of your top 5 Careers and write an essay explaining why that particular career would suit you the best. Go to RESOURCES AND click on the ebook - Study Tips. Save your doc using the following name: (yourname)_career_essay. Leave it in your dropbox folder
3. Presentation: Finally, share what you have learned about yourself in a neat presentation to your class.
4. Have Fun!
SECTION 4: RESOURCES
HOW TO WRITE AN ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY - CHECK THE eBOOK
SECTION 5: EVALUATION
You will be assessed on 3 major categories: 1. Work Effort: How well did you use your work time and stay on task during this process? You will be awarded 5 points per day. Your teacher will assess you on task behaviour and effort weekly. = 30% 2. Tasks/ Presentation completed in alloted time = 20% 3. Written assignment = 50% (See criteria below)
SECTION 6: CONCLUSION
As English learners you have practised your reading and writing skills. As a Millenium learner you have used and therefore improved your knowledge of ICT tools. But most important of all this activity has not only introduced you to some career ideas, but it has also allowed you to assess and select relevant choices based on your personality, interests, preferences, and abilities.
Keep Harvel MacKay's words in mind:
"Find something you love to do and you'll never have to work a day in your life."
Table of Contents
SECTION 1 - INTRO
What is a hero? Check the following definitions (in, http://dailyheroes.wordpress.com/)
Bearing all these definitions in mind are you ready to start a quest in which you will explore your personal interests, intelligence types, and strengths with a variety of different assessments and activities?
SECTION 2: TASK
This assignment involves various steps. Each step is equally important. All steps should be done in order.
1. Determine your strengths and weaknesses by taking a personality inventory
2. Use the personality inventory to see which career fields best suit you
3. Research one career field that is of greatest interest to you
4. Use Dropbox to gather your materials.
5. Express yourself by writing an argumentative essay
6. Share and present your results to class. Use a webtool from the list given.
SECTION 3: PROCESS
DOCUMENT A: Work Preferences QUIZ ( Click here to do the quiz)
This is a quiz that will help you to assess the way that you like to work. Knowing this information will help you decide what type of career you would like to do in the future.
The results of your Work Preference Quiz shows your relative interest in different ways of working.
RESULTS:
DOCUMENT B: Multiple Inteligences QUIZ ( Click here to do the quiz)
RESULTS:
1. After clicking "FINISH" a chart appears, giving you a visual representation of your strongest "smart" areas. Do a "print screen" to capture the chart. Save it as an image (.jpeg format) and add it to your dropbox folder.
2. Look at the top of the page and click on "What are multiple intelligences". Copy and paste the descriptions of the 3 intelligence areas where you scored the highest (ie kinesthetic, linguistic, etc). #1 should be your highest score etc. This list should include the name of the category and the description.
DOCUMENT C: Skills Inventory Worksheet (Click here to do the quiz)
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Begin by clicking on "Get Started".
2. Select your preference by clicking on the dot that best describes you. If you are unsure about a statement, click on the question mark next to the statement for help.
RESULTS:
Download the following document and answer the questions given.
DOCUMENT D: Career Clusters Interest Survey
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. For this assessment you will select options that sound like you by clicking in the boxes. You will progress through 16 total boxes.
RESULTS:
Copy and paste the top 5 career clusters to a word doc or do a print screen to capture your chart. Save the doc/image using the following name: (yourname)_career_cluster_quiz
2. Now, choose one of your top 5 Careers and write an essay explaining why that particular career would suit you the best. Go to RESOURCES AND click on the ebook - Study Tips. Save your doc using the following name: (yourname)_career_essay. Leave it in your dropbox folder
3. Presentation: Finally, share what you have learned about yourself in a neat presentation to your class.
4. Have Fun!
SECTION 4: RESOURCES
SECTION 5: EVALUATION
You will be assessed on 3 major categories:
1. Work Effort: How well did you use your work time and stay on task during this process? You will be awarded 5 points per day. Your teacher will assess you on task behaviour and effort weekly. = 30%
2. Tasks/ Presentation completed in alloted time = 20%
3. Written assignment = 50% (See criteria below)
SECTION 6: CONCLUSION
As English learners you have practised your reading and writing skills. As a Millenium learner you have used and therefore improved your knowledge of ICT tools. But most important of all this activity has not only introduced you to some career ideas, but it has also allowed you to assess and select relevant choices based on your personality, interests, preferences, and abilities.
Keep Harvel MacKay's words in mind:
"Find something you love to do and you'll never have to work a day in your life."